Americans sought Spain to grant them greater autonomy and control over territories, particularly in the context of Florida and the southwestern regions. This desire was fueled by aspirations for expansion and the belief in Manifest Destiny, which emphasized the right of Americans to spread across the continent. Additionally, many Americans were interested in acquiring land for farming and settlement, leading to increased pressure on Spain for territorial concessions.
They wanted to convert Native Americans into Christians.
In the late eighteenth century Spain wanted to deny America the privilege of stockpiling goods until ships came to transport them overseas (the right of deposit). The port that denied Americans this right was New Orleans, along the Mississippi River.
They wanted to convert Native Americans that they found to the Catholic Church.
No. In 1898 the US and Spain fought the Spanish-American War, and Spain lost its overseas empire to the Americans, but the Americans never ruled Spain or tried to.
the colonists wanted to help defend themselves against spain
1. The Americans had free navigation of the Mississippi River & 2. Spain the right to trade with New Orleans
Because Spain and England wanted both to change religion. Spain wanted England to become Catholic, England wanted to change Spain to Protestant
England and Spain went to war because they both wanted to change religon. Spain wanted England to be Catholic but England wanted Spain to be proestant.
Augustus Magee served in the spanish army, and wanted by the Spainairds only, He was wanted because he was trying to help in the mexican war of independence from Spain.
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Either France, Britain, Portugal, or Spain